ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
1979.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimme!_...er_Midnight)
Okay, I will share something for everyone here that not many people are aware of. First of all, if you've heard the beaten-to-death ABBA hit, "Dancing Queen", and haven't heard much else from ABBA, you are in for a real treat!
A few years back, I heard an ABBA song on the radio and I honestly had forgotten about them. But this song was so good and pleasing to listen to I went out and bought their CD, "ABBA Gold", which has a lot of their hits on it. I listened to the entire CD and couldn't put my finger on why they sounded so good. Then, I listened to this song and I thought I heard something, so I listened to it again very carefully and then I watched this video on YouTube as well. This song is very, very special in that it highlights why and how ABBA has been the huge success they are.
Back in the Big Band Era, the first two Benny Goodman bands were not successful. So Benny took a year off to figure out what he was doing wrong. Either by musical genius or sheer accident, he discovered that when two different instruments played the same song but an octave apart, it lends a very rich, full sound to the music. Well, the two singers of ABBA, the stunning Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad naturally sing an octave apart! So when these two ladies sing in harmony, it almost sounds like a full-blown chorus and is absolutely beautiful! ABBA went on to become one of the most successful bands ever selling over 200 million albums. Agnetha has one of the most beautiful singing voices in the world and maybe the best ever.
Enjoy.
1979.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimme!_...er_Midnight)
Okay, I will share something for everyone here that not many people are aware of. First of all, if you've heard the beaten-to-death ABBA hit, "Dancing Queen", and haven't heard much else from ABBA, you are in for a real treat!
A few years back, I heard an ABBA song on the radio and I honestly had forgotten about them. But this song was so good and pleasing to listen to I went out and bought their CD, "ABBA Gold", which has a lot of their hits on it. I listened to the entire CD and couldn't put my finger on why they sounded so good. Then, I listened to this song and I thought I heard something, so I listened to it again very carefully and then I watched this video on YouTube as well. This song is very, very special in that it highlights why and how ABBA has been the huge success they are.
Back in the Big Band Era, the first two Benny Goodman bands were not successful. So Benny took a year off to figure out what he was doing wrong. Either by musical genius or sheer accident, he discovered that when two different instruments played the same song but an octave apart, it lends a very rich, full sound to the music. Well, the two singers of ABBA, the stunning Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad naturally sing an octave apart! So when these two ladies sing in harmony, it almost sounds like a full-blown chorus and is absolutely beautiful! ABBA went on to become one of the most successful bands ever selling over 200 million albums. Agnetha has one of the most beautiful singing voices in the world and maybe the best ever.
Enjoy.
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